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TIL: Theres more genetic diversity within Africa than the rest of the world combined

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78VVZ TIL the Métis language Michif combines the verbs from Cree and nouns from French (altered a bit). It is spoken in the Canadian prairies and the language is being revived.
jYXX TIL Jimi Hendrix Covered Sgt Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band three days after it came out. Jimi and the band learnt it 15 minutes before going on stage because he heard McCartney and Harrison were in the crowd
b6RbN TIL that after England was knocked out of Euro 2004 by Portugal, English tabloids found the email address of the Swiss referee and published it. He received 16,000 hate emails overnight. After that "the Sun" also published the email address of a Swiss radio DJ, who tried to defend his compatriot
D91P TIL African Rapper Sam Stigillydaa thought that “American rappers talk about crazy things- drinking, drugs, violence against women, American blacks kill blacks. I hope African rap stays African and doesn’t turn crazy.”
W7wpo TIL that tons of works in the U.S. released between 1909 and 1976 are in the public domain not due to its copyright expiring. Until the Copyright Act of 1976 was passed, a works U.S. copyright had to be renewed 28 years after publication in order for copyright protection to be extended.